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2014-07-21 Typhoon Rammasun
(Click to enlarge picture…) Typhoon Rammasun, locally known as Typhoon Glenda in the Philippines, is the ninth officially named storm and the third typhoon of the annual typhoon season. Rammasun is a Siamese word for thunder god. After Lingling and … Continue reading
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2014-06-29 Paraguay floods
(Click to enlarge picture…) Today, Tens of thousands of people in Paraguay have been evacuated after torrential rains caused extensive flooding. Carlos Silva, the governor of the state of Neembucu, in the southeast, said the rains have destroyed crops, flooded … Continue reading
Posted in disaster, natural disaster, nature, News
Tagged Asuncion, Carlos Silva, disaster, flood, Horacio Cartes, Mr Silva, natural disaster, Neembucu, Paraguay, Paraguay river, Parana, President Horacio Cartes, rains, Red Cross, United Nations
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2014-06-28 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a catastrophic failure at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant on 11 March 2011, resulting in a meltdown of three of the plant’s six nuclear reactors. The failure occurred when the plant was hit … Continue reading
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Tagged Chernobyl, Chernobyl disaster, Daiichi, disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, International Nuclear Event Scale, japan, nuclear, nuclear disaster, nuclear power plant, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, radioactivity, TEPCO, tsunami, Tōhoku, World Health Organization
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2014-05-13 the Antarctic ice sheet is unrecoverably melting
(Click to enlarge picture…) The collapse of the giant West Antarctica ice sheet is underway, two groups of scientists said Monday. They described the melting as an unstoppable event that will cause global sea levels to rise higher than projected … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctic, climate, Earth, Eric Rignot, global warming, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, ice, ice sheet, melting, nasa, natural disaster, rise in sea level, science, Scientists, sea levels, University of California
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2014-04-28 Arkansas Tornado
(Click to enlarge picture…) The April 27–28, 2014 tornado outbreak is an ongoing large and deadly severe weather event that has produced multiple long-track violent tornadoes and over a dozen fatalities. An intense, long-track wedge tornado first touched down near … Continue reading
Posted in death, disaster, natural disaster, News
Tagged Arkansas, deaths, Denmark, disaster, El Paso, Ferndale, Jacksonport, Lake Conway, Lake Maumelle, Macks, Mayflower, natural disaster, Northpoint, outbreak, Pleasant Plains, Roland, Saltillo, Searcy, Steprock, Swifton, tornado, tornado outbreak, Vilonia, weather, White County
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2014-04-27 World Malaria Day
(Click to enlarge picture) World Malaria Day (WMD) is commemorated every year on 25 April and recognizes global efforts to control malaria. Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. In 2012, malaria caused an estimated … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 April, africa, Africa Malaria Day, asia, illness, Latin America, malaria, WHO, WMD, World AIDS Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Health Day, World Health Organization, World Hepatitis Day, World Malaria Day, World Tuberculosis Day
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2014-04-11 Cyclone Ita
(Click to enlarge picture…) Today, heavy rains from Cyclone Ita triggered severe flooding in the Solomon Islands, killing more than 20 people. Now residents in the Australian state of Queensland prepare for Cyclone Ita to make landfall between Cooktown and … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Cape Flattery, Cooktown, Cyclone, Cyclone Ita, disasters, Flooding, Ita, Queensland, severe flooding, Solomon Islands
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